`The past isn’t dead, it isn’t even past
This is an excellent piece! Came here from Hoel's write up of it. Can you recommend any books on the opium trade and how that money funded american expansion?
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it, the main sources used are listed at the end of the footnotes, they are:
Barons of the Sea by Steven Ujifusa
When America First Met China by Eric Jay Dolin
Imperial Twilight by Stephen R. Platt
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
Cheers, which did you enjoy the most?
Barons of the Sea, but When America First Met China is a close second.
Eric Jay Dolin has written some of the best books I've read on the early American economy. I binged a trilogy of them during the lockdowns of 2020.
HSBC story particularly is very "fun"
I'm glad you liked it.
This is an excellent piece! Came here from Hoel's write up of it. Can you recommend any books on the opium trade and how that money funded american expansion?
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it, the main sources used are listed at the end of the footnotes, they are:
Barons of the Sea by Steven Ujifusa
When America First Met China by Eric Jay Dolin
Imperial Twilight by Stephen R. Platt
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
Cheers, which did you enjoy the most?
Barons of the Sea, but When America First Met China is a close second.
Eric Jay Dolin has written some of the best books I've read on the early American economy. I binged a trilogy of them during the lockdowns of 2020.
HSBC story particularly is very "fun"
I'm glad you liked it.